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Old 11th Jan 2015, 08:57
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Sam Rutherford
 
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Cool

Like I said, it depends where you fly.


In the US, South Africa, no - stay AVGAS.
In Europe, depends.
Everywhere else, go JET A! It's cheaper, and it's 'everywhere'.


SMA is MUCH better than Thielert (no gearbox as just one advantage).


But it is a very expensive upgrade, I would guess 120-130K EUR (based on the 80-90 they were asking for the 4 cyl). Those (very rough) prices as fully installed and without any credit from resell of old engine.
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